[Piotrsko]

Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr

Maintenance was often pointed out to be easier than cars with water-cooled engines, either the American landyachts which used to be mainstream even in Brazil or some random other European compacts such as the Ford Anglia.

Thinking of japanese toyota corollas from the earrly '70s where my body was too big to fit anywhere besides the drivers seat or be able to wrench on parts


Actually it was developed during the interwar.

yuppa developed before WW2 to be purchased via a "trading stamp" process. Ask freebeard

Have to excuse me periodically, as my dyslexia and this ¢%&£® keyboard conspire to make me appear foolish.



Some folks I talk to eventually dislike the Beetle, saying it's too crude or old, while many others who think other cars are better suited to modern driving conditions still recognise the historical significance of the Beetle in Brazil and how it may remain better suited to some harsh conditions than any modern econobox.




So, do you like, dislike, or don't really care about Beetles?

Hmmm: 20 years +650,000 miles, ten engines, ten remans, two transmissions unknown quantity of sets of tires or other components, custom rebuildable shock mounts, anti shake bar, complete reupholster and headliner, scrounged for a superbug parcel shelf, rear popouts, super rare superbug bud vase. fully working winter defrost and heat, Guess im just stubborn or really liked it until the door hinge mounts fatigued from flexing just after the odometer turned over back to 000000




Maybe some folks who had hippie parents got to dislike the Beetle because it was often pointed out as a hippie stereotype, and their differences with their hippie parents may have influenced their dislike for the Beetle.

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